5 most surprising decisions ever by the IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings

#4 Playing Mike Hussey as an Opener

The decision of making Hussey as an opener proved to be a masterstroke

Mike Hussey also was known as Mr. cricket was a part of the IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings from the first season.

Hussey is the second player after Brendon McCullum to score a century in the IPL. Hussey mostly played in the middle-order in white ball cricket. He had never opened in any game at the International level.

But the tables turned when Mathew Hayden got injured in the Champions League 2010. CSK announced Hussey as his replacement for the opening slot as there was no opener apart from Murali Vijay in the side,

This decision surprised all of us but little did we know that this is going to become a masterstroke.

Hussey played a crucial knock in a Do or Die encounter in the league stage against the Chevrolet Warriors which also fetched him the Man of the Match award.

The Aussie legend scored 492 runs in IPL 2011 and was one of the biggest reasons behind the Super Kings winning the title in that season. Hussey was also the highest run-scorer in IPL 2013.

This surprising decision by the franchise turned out to be one of the biggest masterstrokes of the IPL history.